The grey giants of Africa
The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book? - David Attenborough As a conservationist, safari guide and animal lover of all things big and small, the above statement terrifies me. For those of you like me who have had the privilege of spending time around these magical beasts, to think of a world without elephants is something I cannot fathom. Never to hear the low
Hoanib Skeleton Coast – The land of “Vanishing Kings”
We have just returned from Wilderness Safaris' Hoanib Skeleton Coast Camp. What a sensational experience! Everything here is more intense. Animals, vistas, distances and climate. There is so much space but so little food and water, that all creatures living here do so on a knife's edge. Flying over vast swathes of desert and seemingly desolate land you can't help wondering, what could possibly inhabit and live in such a place? Every time I visit Namibia the same thought goes